"no matter how thin you slice it, it's still baloney" meaning in English

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Proverb

Audio: En-au-no matter how thin you slice it, it's still baloney.ogg [Australia]
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  1. (chiefly US) Regardless of how many clever points or fine distinctions one makes, what one is saying is still false or is still nonsense. Tags: US Synonyms: no matter how you slice it, it's still the same old baloney, no matter how thin you slice it, it's still boloney
    Sense id: en-no_matter_how_thin_you_slice_it,_it's_still_baloney-en-proverb-7~MIBj1i Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English proverbs, English sentences, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys

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